Senithrips psomus, Mound, Laurence A. & Minaei, Kambiz, 2006

Mound, Laurence A. & Minaei, Kambiz, 2006, New fungus­feeding thrips (Thysanoptera Phlaeothripinae) from tropical Australia, Zootaxa 1150, pp. 1-17 : 10-11

Senithrips psomus sp.n.

( Figs 12 – 14 )

Female aptera. Body colour light brown, head mainly golden with anterior margin darker, metanotal posterior and lateral margins pale; legs yellowish brown, tarsi yellow; antennal segments I–IV mainly yellow, terminal segment brown. With the structural details given above in the generic description.

Measurements. Holotype female in microns. Body length 1200. Head, length 200; maximum width 150. Pronotum, median length 110; width 200. Tergite IX setae S1 25; S2 30; S3 40. Tube length 100; longest anal setae 45. Antennal segments I–VI length 25, 45, 30, 37, 35, 80.

Male aptera. Similar to female but smaller and paler.

Material studied

Holotype female aptera. Western Australia, Barrow Island, taken amongst Triodia angusta grassland with vaccum sampler, April/May, 2005, Jonathan Majer. Paratypes: 9Ψ 1ɗ taken at same or nearby site as holotype.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 14. Majerthrips and Sennithrips species. (9) M. barrowi micropterous female, ventral; (10) M. barrowi micropterous female, dorsal; (11) M. barrowi apterous female, metanotum and tergites I – II; (12) S. psomus, ventral; (13) S. psomus, dorsal; (14) S. psomus antenna. [ns = prothoracic notopleural suture; ss = metathoracic sternopleural suture]